Meaningful Lives Multiple-Choice Quiz

. Vitrano's opinion of Taylor's and Wolf's accounts of meaningful lives is that

Taylor's is better.

Wolf's is better.

neither is entirely convincing.

both are completely ridiculous.

. Vitrano argues that Wolf is mistaken in thinking that people mostly agree about

which lives are happy.

which activities are enjoyable.

which activities are objectively valuable.

which people are admirable.

. Vitrano suggests that Wolf might say an activity is worthwhile only if a person takes it seriously. What is Vitrano's response to that?

Then the same activity could be meaningful or not, depending on one's motive.

Some activities cannot be taken seriously.

Fun activities are never taken seriously.

Some activities are worthwhile even if not taken seriously.

. Vitrano argues that the notion of objective value

is not important to Wolf's theory.

is irrelevant to Wolf's theory.

strengthens Wolf's theory.

weakens Wolf's theory.

. Without the idea of objective value, we could simply say that a life you find enjoyable is the same as a meaningful life. What is Vitrano's objection to defining meaningful lives this way?

A life of enjoyment must be too shallow and selfish to count as meaningful.

Why call it meaningful rather than just saying that it is happy or pleasant?

The idea of objective value is a necessary part of the definition of meaningfulness.

Different people may find different lives enjoyable.

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